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Fathers in Various Fields – Q&A

September 27, 2025
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Q: Who is known as the Father of Economics?

A: Adam Smith

Q: Who is called the Father of Green Revolution in India?

A: M. S. Swaminathan

Q: Who is called the Father of Genetics?

A: Gregor Johann Mendel

Q: Who is known as the Father of Indian Constitution?

A: B. R. Ambedkar

Q: Who is called the Father of Computer Science?

A: Charles Babbage

Q: Who is regarded as the Father of History?

A: Herodotus

Q: Who is called the Father of Modern Physics?

A: Albert Einstein

Q: Who is known as the Father of Microbiology?

A: Louis Pasteur

Q: Who is called the Father of India’s Space Programme?

A: Vikram Sarabhai

Q: Who is called the Father of the Nation (India)?

A: Mahatma Gandhi

Q: Who is known as the Father of Surgery?

A: Sushruta

Q: Who is called the Father of Modern Medicine?

A: Hippocrates

Q: Who is called the Father of the Green Revolution (World)?

A: Norman Borlaug

Q: Who is known as the Father of Indian Nuclear Programme?

A: Homi Jehangir Bhabha

Q: Who is called the Father of the Indian Navy?

A: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

Q: Who is regarded as the Father of English Poetry?

A: Geoffrey Chaucer

Q: Who is called the Father of Geometry?

A: Euclid

Q: Who is known as the Father of Modern Chemistry?

A: Antoine Lavoisier

Q: Who is called the Father of Indian Cinema?

A: Dadasaheb Phalke

Q: Who is regarded as the Father of Political Science?

A: Aristotle

Q: Who is known as the Father of Ayurveda?

A: Charaka

Q: Who is called the Father of Indian Renaissance?

A: Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Q: Who is regarded as the Father of Biology?

A: Aristotle

Q: Who is called the Father of the Indian Army?

A: Kodandera M. Cariappa

Q: Who is known as the Father of Psychology?

A: Sigmund Freud

Q: Who is called the Father of Sociology?

A: Auguste Comte

Q: Who is regarded as the Father of Artificial Intelligence?

A: John McCarthy

Q: Who is called the Father of Indian Statistics?

A: Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis

Q: Who is known as the Father of Political Economics?

A: Adam Smith

Q: Who is called the Father of Co-operation Movement in India?

A: Sir Frederick Nicholson

Q: Who is regarded as the Father of Indian Engineering?

A: M. Visvesvaraya

Q: Who is called the Father of the Indian Missile Programme?

A: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Q: Who is known as the Father of the Indian IT Industry?

A: Faqir Chand Kohli

Q: Who is called the Father of Modern Astronomy?

A: Nicolaus Copernicus

Q: Who is known as the Father of Electricity?

A: Michael Faraday

Q: Who is regarded as the Father of Nuclear Physics?

A: Ernest Rutherford

Q: Who is called the Father of the Indian Railways?

A: Lord Dalhousie

Q: Who is known as the Father of Western Medicine?

A: Hippocrates

Q: Who is regarded as the Father of the Internet?

A: Vinton Cerf

Q: Who is called the Father of Botany?

A: Theophrastus

Q: Who is known as the Father of the Cell Theory?

A: Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann

Q: Who is called the Father of the Indian Air Force?

A: Subroto Mukerjee

Q: Who is regarded as the Father of the Indian Software Industry?

A: N. R. Narayana Murthy

Q: Who is called the Father of the Blood Circulatory System?

A: William Harvey

Q: Who is known as the Father of Economics in India?

A: Dadabhai Naoroji

Q: Who is called the Father of the Indian Atomic Energy Programme?

A: Homi Jehangir Bhabha

Q: Who is regarded as the Father of the Cooperative Movement (World)?

A: Robert Owen

Q: Who is called the Father of Modern India?

A: Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Q: Who is known as the Father of English Novel?

A: Henry Fielding

Q: Who is regarded as the Father of Indian Economics?

A: Dadabhai Naoroji

Q: Who is called the Father of Western Philosophy?

A: Socrates

Q: Who is known as the Father of Evolutionary Theory?

A: Charles Darwin

Q: Who is regarded as the Father of Modern Education in India?

A: Lord Macaulay

Q: Who is called the Father of the Indian Revolution?

A: Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Q: Who is known as the Father of Hindi Literature?

A: Bharatendu Harishchandra

Q: Who is called the Father of Modern Geology?

A: James Hutton

Q: Who is regarded as the Father of Indian Journalism?

A: James Augustus Hickey

Q: Who is called the Father of the Indian Freedom Movement?

A: Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Q: Who is known as the Father of Modern Painting in India?

A: Raja Ravi Varma

Q: Who is regarded as the Father of Modern Psychology?

A: Wilhelm Wundt

Q: Who is called the Father of Plastic Surgery?

A: Sushruta

Q: Who is known as the Father of Atomic Bomb?

A: J. Robert Oppenheimer

Q: Who is regarded as the Father of Email?

A: Ray Tomlinson

Q: Who is called the Father of Light Bulb?

A: Thomas Edison

Q: Who is known as the Father of Indian Civil Services?

A: Lord Cornwallis

Q: Who is regarded as the Father of Mathematics?

A: Archimedes

Q: Who is called the Father of the Indian Navy (Modern Era)?

A: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

Q: Who is known as the Father of Classical Dance (Bharatanatyam)?

A: Bharata

Q: Who is regarded as the Father of Zoology?

A: Aristotle

Q: Who is called the Father of the Indian Software Revolution?

A: Sam Pitroda

Q: Who is known as the Father of the Telephone?

A: Alexander Graham Bell

Q: Who is regarded as the Father of India’s Dairy Industry?

A: Verghese Kurien

Q: Who is called the Father of English Prose?

A: King Alfred the Great

Q: Who is known as the Father of Periodic Table?

A: Dmitri Mendeleev

Q: Who is regarded as the Father of Banking in India?

A: Sir Muthuswami Iyer